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They have been a great company to work for

If you ever have any questions about your gear...or future purchases just send me a PM!

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Good to see you have good (and expensive) taste in cameras! I do technical work for Canon, so your helping me stay employed

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If you PM me your e-mail I'll shoot you over a couple of images from the delta..

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I'll see what I can scrounge up from the delta.

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Absolutely, lot's of people here take the time to help someone they don't even know. I myself totally appreciate it

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Honestly, I think the original owner of this boat just jerry rigged it..possibly now knowing that the battery charger already is capable of charging all 3 batteries... I now know exactly what caused the smoke/hot wire...the perko switch was wired to link the two trolling motor batteires, and then pr...

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From some research, i believe that my batteries/charger set up requires the perko switch to cut the 24 volts so my charger can charge the batteries- "You may have a dual bank charger, but unless the outputs are fully independent of each other, then the charger will have a common (ground) betwee...

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As usual, thanks to all of you for trying to help! Probably tuesday I will attempt to re-wire everything without the Perko switch. I have no idea why it was there, I can't seem to even venture a guess, but it is on par with the rest of this boat and if the track record of the guy I bought it from is...

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Do I need a perko swtich in the first place? I have a separate battery that I charge with a charger for my motor. I then have two batteries (wired or 24v) for my trolling motor. Can't I just have my onboard charger charge the two trolling motor batteries without a perko switch?

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I have 3 batteries total. One for the motor start, two for the trolling motor. I do believe (upon googling perko switch) that it is a perko switch. The perko switch is only connected to the two trolling motor batteries, and it was told by the person who sold me the boat to switch this perko to 24V t...

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Ok, I apologize for the lack of information, but I'll give you as much as i can.. I have an on board charger...but not sure if that has anything to do with this.. On my boat near the batteries there is a large knob that I was told to turn to 24 volts for running my trolling motor, and turn it once t...

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Guess the verdict is in. We suck huh?

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I of course meant May not june

but I'm sure you figured that out!

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Simply asking the boater solves a lot of things. I was fishing in mildred the other day, and a boat was fishing the bank coming up to the entrance. I was unsure if he was going out of the entrance or passing it to continue down the bank. I simply asked....got my answer. He was going out the entrance...

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I've got some time open next week (June 3rd june 4th) if your still here. I'd be happy to take you out as long as you don't mind fishing with someone who is still learning the delta...mind getting lost?

PM me if your up for it.

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It's not just you..I know I have many day's where I feel like all that I've learned has seemed to gone out the window...but many day's I don't do well, talking to others it's not much different. I agree that there are always fish to be caught, but sometimes finding them on 1000 miles of waterway see...

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Seriously though, isn't common sense lacking in some? I haven't even been fishing from a boat that long, and it would seem fairly simple to understand not to pull in front of someone as they are going down a bank. I also like the "sorry, were pre-fishing" as if that's an excuse to be rude....

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Just looked and it turns out I have bearing buddies. Any experience with these? I've read on iboats that many with these rarely have to do any maintenance other than adding grease. Still, In the back of my mind, judging from the fact that the person I bought the boat from had car tires rather than t...

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So I figure since I'm replacing my tires on my trailer, I should go ahead and re-pack/replace bearings too. Gil Tires offered to do it for $90. How hard is it to do myself? I don't own a grease gun, but watching some youtube videos seems doable. Just wondering how often bearings should be packed...a...

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Thanks guys. Ended up getting Load C, 1650 which gives me more than enough breathing room.

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So i need new trailer tires, but can't tow my boat to a scale to get it's actual weight to figure out which tires I need... Anybody venture a guess at what a 1987 Champion 18.2 foot bass boat with a 175 HP engine weighs? Would it be a problem if I put tires that were rated for a heavier boat on? [/b]

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I'd say it's just the quality of the lenses....like any pair of sunglasses, glass is clearer than plastic. Both are polarized so they should cut the glare.

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Thanks for the replies guys! Any clues to how to find out what load bearing I need? Looking up tires, there a slew of different classes. In other words, I can't tow my boat to a scale without tires...I have a 1987 18.2 foot champion with a 175 hp Mariner engine. What weight should I be looking at?

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So driving back from Paradise point one of my trailer tires shredded. Thankfully, nothing came of it other than some stress and the knowledge that I now need to replace 3 tires.

Any advice as to where to buy and how to figure out what to buy? Any guesses at how much $$ this is gonna set me back?

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Where did you move up from?

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Threw some today, and got ZILTCH. However, by no means whatsoever would I claim I know what I'm doing with a frog.

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I got a subscription of it for my Birthday. Now i'm pissed! $10 bucks? I was impressed with my brother in law, but not anymore

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Cool! Thanks

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Good job to those who put forth the effort to oppose this bill.

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Amazing.

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I have used USAA for insuring my autos and house for a long time. I've had two claims for two different houses with them and both times they were TOP NOTCH. I called them recently for a boat quote, and they came in at the same price as 1-800-Bassboat. I'm leaning towards 1-800-bassboat because of th...

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Welcome. It is indeed a pretty good forum!

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Park it in my garage. I'll take exxxtra good care when I launch it, errr, i mean, store it for ya!

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Thanks for the replies. Sounds like my assumption about taking out the gas tank was correct, which means I'll just keep the intake plugged and not have a rear live well.

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I have an '87 Champion. Honestly, I havn't 100% explored to see how to access that area, but it seems to me I'd have to remove the gas tank?? I could be way off here and probably am but my gut say's there no easy way to do it. I will definitely explore it more.

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So my main live well on my boat is leaking somewhere between the intake and the live well...if I don't plug the intake my boat takes on water..so I have to assume the hose from the intake to the well is cracked or something. It seems a Bit$% to get to to even check so heres what I'm thinking. I can ...

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Anybody have any experience with these?

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Only when it has thorns. Thanks for your reply!

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I see a lot of photos of large bass being held by their jaw. I was taught to handle larger bass by supporting their bodies with my other hand as I was told that it is harmful for the bass's jaw. What are your opinions on this? If it's true, and it makes sense to me, if we want to release these fish ...

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Yes, I have it. I like it a lot..hard to beat for the price.

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Personally, I'll take a faster reel over a slower one for most applications because I hate not keeping tight line when reeling in a fish, so the faster speed would mean a lot to me. Now if I can just get comfortable using a spinning reel in the first place that would be great!

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I went to a seminar where Ike was a speaker..and he stayed after it was over for quite awhile just talking to us one on one. He couldn't have been more down to earth and friendly, and even seemed excited about teaching others who shared his passion. Always have had respect for him ever since.

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Friend of mine was up at Clear Lake renting a cabin, went up and fished with her today..she saw the weigh in yesterday said it was a blast. It was kinda cool to be fishing on the same lake as them at the same time. We boated a few nice fish to top it off as well. Marked a lot of what seemed to be st...

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Wow, lot's of input. Thanks guys, time for me to get busy on that phone i guess

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Grats! This is one lunker you don't throw back!

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Need to get some boat insurance, and want to give my $$ to someone local if that's even possible. Any contact information to some would be a great start.

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Thanks guys for the replies...liability, did not even think of that, that for sure is needed.

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Ok, I know nobody can give me an exact amount, but...I have two questions.

1. Roughly how much would insuring a 1987 Champion Bass boat cost a year would you think?

2. Is it worth insuring a boat of that age?

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